A GRAIN OF SAND حبة رمل
Photograph by Ellie Kurttz
Originally commissioned by London Palestine Film Festival, A Grain of Sand is written and directed by Elias Matar and performed by Sarah Agha. The urgent, poetic one-woman show about resilience, hope and the right of children to be children is ddapted from A Million Kites: Testimonies and Poems from the Children of Gaza by Leila Boukarim and Asaf Luzon, and is now presented by Good Chance.
The book A Million Kites on which this play is based is available to buy here, with all proceeds donated to aid organisations helping the children of Gaza.
This production includes themes of war, trauma and distress.
London
A Grain of Sand opened London Palestine Film Festival 2024 at Barbican Cinema 1, followed by a discussion with festival director, Khaled Ziada, play director, Elias Matar and actress, Sarah Agha, facilitated by lawyer and writer, Selma Dabbagh.
Liverpool
Good Chance produced the theatrical debut of A Grain of Sand at Unity Theatre in Liverpool as part of and supported by the Liverpool Arab Arts Festival 2025, followed by a discussion with playwright and director, Elias Matar, actress, Sarah Agha and LPFF director, Khaled Ziada, facilitated by Good Chance co-Founder and co-Artistic Director, Joe Robertso.
